With the help of his bestfriend Sandeep "Shunty" and Joginder Arora aka Shaadiram, he unsuccessfully attempted to find fake parents to make a perfect family for Aanya.

Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV gave the film 1.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Rajkummar Rao is saddled with the task of salvaging a poorly written protagonist whose impulses, compulsions and decisions border on the inexplicable.

"[11] Prathyush Parasuraman of Firstpost gave a rating of 3/5 and wrote," Hum Do Hamare Do holds weak foundations with lazy character detailing but is saved by a better second-half.

"[12] Shubhra Gupta of The Indian Express gave 1.5 stars and wrote, "The only ones who occasionally make feeble attempts to rise above this muddle are Ratna Pathak Shah and Paresh Rawal, and should have been given more to do.

"[14] Hiren Kotwani of The Times of India gave 3 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Hum Do Hamare Do is a decent watch... but if only the second half had been more engaging with a few dollops more of humour.

"[15] Sukanya Verma from Rediff.com gave 2 stars and said, "Hum Do Hamare Do is the kind of rush job rom-com that cuts to the chase after so much dillydallying and in such a dull manner, it completely misses the point.

"[17] Himesh Mankad of Pinkvilla gave the film 2.5 stars out of 5 and wrote, "Hum Do Hamare Do is made with the right intent, however, the premise had the potential of more humour through the narrative and required a rather nuanced approach in terms of emotions in the last 25 minutes.

"[18] Bollywood Hungama gave 2.5 stars and stated,"Hum Do Hamare Do rests on a great plot and fine performances but the average script and weak climax diminishes the impact.